Systems Research for Agriculture
Author | : Laurie E. Drinkwater |
Publisher | : Department of Agriculture |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-06-01 |
Genre | : Agricultural systems |
ISBN | : 9781888626162 |
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Author | : Laurie E. Drinkwater |
Publisher | : Department of Agriculture |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-06-01 |
Genre | : Agricultural systems |
ISBN | : 9781888626162 |
Author | : Gurbir Bhullar |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2020-05-17 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0128181877 |
Long-Term Farming Systems Research: Ensuring Food Security in Changing Scenarios presents the legacy and heritage of Long-Term Experiments (LTEs) in Agriculture while also addressing the challenges and potential solutions. The book discusses how LTEs form an important asset in understanding agriculture’s significant influence on life on earth. As global governments and development agencies try to achieve the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, this book’s content is of unprecedented importance, providing insights into the interactions of agricultural production with ecological, economic and societal aspects. In this regard, this book offers a thorough resource of information based on experiences from various ongoing LTEs in different parts of the world. The contextual variety and geographic diversity presented in this book makes it useful for agricultural and environmental scientists, as well as students and educators in such fields. --- From the Editors: "Thanks to the excellent panel of our contributing authors, in this book, we have attempted to offer the widest possible thematic and geographical coverage on LTEs. Experts from different institutions leading LTEs across the globe have provided their perspectives on different aspects of LTEs, not only highlighting the unique knowledge contribution of LTEs, but also discussing the unique challenges of effectively managing LTEs and maintaining their relevance to changing scenarios. We hope that this book will offer something for everyone interested in the history, present and future of our agroecosystem." Provides a comprehensive resource of information generated in various LTEs across the globe, with a focus on various aspects of farming systems, crop management practices, plant, soil and human nutrition as well as on capacity development Presents a holistic view on interactions of agricultural production and its relationship to the environment and society Identifies challenges and lessons learned from different LTEs and provides recommendations for potential solutions
Author | : John A. Dixon |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789251046272 |
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author | : David W. Norman |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9789251036440 |
Author | : Philip Tow |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 1324 |
Release | : 2011-09-16 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 140209132X |
While a good grasp of the many separate aspects of agriculture is important, it is equally essential for all those involved in agriculture to understand the functioning of the farming system as a whole and how it can be best managed. It is necessary to re-assess and understand rain-fed farming systems around the world and to find ways to improve the selection, design and operation of such systems for long term productivity, profitability and sustainability. The components of the system must operate together efficiently; yet many of the relationships and interactions are not clearly understood. Appreciation of these matters and how they are affected by external influences or inputs are important for decision making and for achieving desirable outcomes for the farm as a whole. This book analyses common rain-fed farming systems and defines the principles and practices important to their effective functioning and management.
Author | : John Dixon |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 2019-12-09 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1317332261 |
Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.
Author | : Michael P. Collinson |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0851994059 |
Farming Systems Research (FSR) may be defined as a diagnostic process, providing a collection of methods for researchers to understand farm households and their decision-making. Its applications use this understanding to increase efficiency in the use of human and budgetary resources for agricultural development, including research, extension and policy formulation. Initiated by the then International Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (now International Farming Systems Association) and developed with support from FAO, this book provides a detailed history of FSR. While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small-scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries.
Author | : Michael Haines |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
The natural environment. The social, political and economic environment. Resources and opportunities. The management of the farm business. Arable farming. Grassland systems: introduction. Dairy farming. Grassland systems in the uplands. Mixed farming systems. Intensive livestock. Agriculture and the market.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 2010-07-25 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309148960 |
In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the same time the agricultural sector worldwide faces numerous daunting challenges. Not only is the agricultural sector expected to produce adequate food, fiber, and feed, and contribute to biofuels to meet the needs of a rising global population, it is expected to do so under increasingly scarce natural resources and climate change. Growing awareness of the unintended impacts associated with some agricultural production practices has led to heightened societal expectations for improved environmental, community, labor, and animal welfare standards in agriculture. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century assesses the scientific evidence for the strengths and weaknesses of different production, marketing, and policy approaches for improving and reducing the costs and unintended consequences of agricultural production. It discusses the principles underlying farming systems and practices that could improve the sustainability. It also explores how those lessons learned could be applied to agriculture in different regional and international settings, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. By focusing on a systems approach to improving the sustainability of U.S. agriculture, this book can have a profound impact on the development and implementation of sustainable farming systems. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century serves as a valuable resource for policy makers, farmers, experts in food production and agribusiness, and federal regulatory agencies.
Author | : Miranda P. M. Meuwissen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2022-05-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1009098284 |
An investigation of the sustainability of European farming systems in response to economic, environmental, institutional, and social challenges.